Garbage can



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o. N. OWEN GARBAGE cm Filed June 26 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 0. N. OWEN.

GARBAGE CAN July 10, 1923- 2 Sheets-Sheet 8 Filed June 26, 1922 To allwhom-it may concern:

. cles for. garbage and the like, and the object I and tore-closethecontainer.

' the stem is fixed as shown at 20 to one side 1 'QBADIAHHN. OWEN,omnomuj ia rzomi'." I

'Be'it known that I, OBA DIAH N. OWEN,- a

Phoenix, in the county of Maricopa "and State of Arizona, have invented,certain new and useful Improvements in Garbage Cans, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The present invention relates to receptaiently operated to give'accessto the interior I In the .accompanying;drawings:'- I I Figure 1 is aView ielevation of the receptacle with they improvements thereon and thecover in closed position,

F igure 21s a similarview with the cover in its inactive position,

the line. 3-3 of Figure '1,

Figure 4 Figure 5 is adetail" the bracket member, and

Figure 6 is a detail perspective 'viewof' the carrier element.

The receptacle may be of any well knownor desired character, but ispreferably of sheet metal, cylindrical in form, and i s'designated 7. Ithas an :open top upon which is adapted On one side of the to. beplaced-a cover 7*. receptacle are keepers 8.

A bracket, comprising a vertical, guide bar. 9, has depending terminallugs 10 that de-j tachably engage in the-keepers 8, whereby the bracketis supported upon one sideof the receptacle with the guide bar 9 invertical position. A carrier sleeve ll'is slidably'" mounted onthe'guide bar 9 and is provided with an ofiset ear 12 in which isengaged one end of a treadle lever 13.. The lever-l3v has on its freeside a foot piece 14: andqsaid lever is pivoted as shown at 15 to an arm16 fixed to the lower endof the bracket.

portion twisted into aspiral 19 that is adapted to pass through theslotand cause a twisting action of the stem. The upper. end of of thecover 7?, while its lower end is jour naled inan car 21 forming a partof the carrier 11.

7 With this construction, it will be'evident:

' 9,, thereby I cause the,

access to the said receptacle.

, 1s a .planview of the device as illustrated in Figure 2, V the'spiritor sacrificin perspective viewof; w I 1 y Having thus fully describedmyinvenr andofiset arms having their free mounted on the receptacle, {a"carrier verupright guide ba'r and" I; cover for elevating the coverfrom thatwiththe cover'7f" in its "operativeiposi' 1/1011 asshown in Figuresljand'3, if the'foot .j f citizen. of the United States,residing-flatpiece 14 is depressed, the lever 13 will cause i theelevation-of the carrier on the guide'rod 7 A continued elevation of theparts will spiral .19 to enter the slot" lS and raising the stem 17 andthe cover effectthe rotation of the'cover? ;.to a POSlf,

,ftion-at one side of thereceptacle, as 'illus-; is to provide a coveredcontainer with means whereby the cover thereof can be conven trated inFigures 2 and 4, thusUgiving"free pon releas ing the foot piece theweight of th a t ff i will cause the cover to return to the positionillustrated in Figures 1 and3. f

II i From the foregoing, itjis thought that construction, operation andmany advan tages of the herein "describ'edinventionwill" be apparent tothose skilled in the art,with- I I I out further'description, anditiwill be under-.- Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view onstoo dtha tvarious changes inthe size, shape, 7

proportionand minor details of construction 1 may be resorted to withoutideparting fro m tages ofthe invention. a y

tion, what 'I'claim as new a cue 'bYLGlSiIGI'SPfllIIll], is

cover for the top, a substantially I U-shapedl bracket comprising anupright,

guide bar tically slidable on the extending [inwardly therefrom,.- meanstor; moving the carrier, and. a spiral stem ro-j,

Z'tatably mounted on the inwardly extending portionyof; the carrier andhaving a slidalole'v and rotatable bearing in the upper .oflse'tfi' armof the bracket, said stem having the cover fixed thereto.

2. A. receptacle having aatpea cover for th e top,

1. Areceptaclehaving sha es-k015 a! .terminalsT- f and means mounted on'one side of the receptacle and connected'to'the coverfor elevating. thecover from they re-e ceptacle and causing it to swing:to"anddfrom"* aposition overthe receptaclefsaid means comprising. keepers on thereceptacle, a bracket'having lugs engagedflin the keepers, a

a spiral stem -vertically.slidable and rota t' ably engaged with thebracket, a carrier forthe stemslidable on the bracket, and ea sy formoving thecar'rierL, S I f 3. A receptacle having an opencover forthe-top-and rheansmOunted on one '5 side of thefreceptacle and connectedtie I 1 an I ceptacle and causing it to swing toand from engaged withthe bracket, said stem having a position over the receptacle, said meansa rotatable mounting in the carrier. 10

' comprising keepers on the receptacle, :1, In testimony whereof, Iaflix my signature bracket having an upright guide bar with in thepresence of two Witnesses.

5 terminal lugs engaged in the keepers, a car- OBADIAH N. OWEN rierslidable on the guide bar, atreadle con- Witnesses: nected to thecarrier, a, stem fixed to the MAMIE W. WALL,

cover and having a spiral portion slidably GRINDSTAFF.

